Calls for Submissions Closing in December 2026
Calls for Submissions with application deadlines in December 2026, sorted by what closes soonest. Deadlines, awards, and entry fees shown on every listing — closed listings drop off automatically.
109 open right now
Open reading periods for finished workPoetry, fiction, flash, and creative nonfictionPayment details listed where the magazine states them
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- Submission Call · WritingSubmit Speculative Fiction — March 2027 Mystery IssueOpen · closes Dec 1$0.08/word
- Submission Call · WritingSubmit POETRYOpen · closes Dec 1$30/page + copies & subscriptionFee: $3
- Submission Call · WritingFictionOpen · closes Dec 1$50Fee: $5
- Submission Call · WritingSubmit FICTIONOpen · closes Dec 1$30/page + copies & subscriptionFee: $3
- Submission Call · WritingSubmit a TRANSLATION FOLIO in PROSEOpen · closes Dec 1$150 + copies & subscriptionFee: $3
- Submission Call · WritingTranslationsOpen · closes Dec 1Up to $200Fee: $3
- Submission Call · WritingCreative Nonfiction Submission - US and International WritersOpen · closes Dec 1$125Fee: $3
- Submission Call · WritingOpen Call 26/27 — Script SubmissionsOngoing£13,320
- Submission Call · WritingSubmit Your WorkOpen · closes Dec 1
- Submission Call · WritingEssaysOpen · closes Dec 1$200Fee: $3
- Submission Call · WritingSuperheroes/Supervillains Anthology Submission CallOpen · closes Dec 1$100/story + copies
- Submission Call · ArtsIssue 3: Art and Photography SubmissionsOpen · closes Dec 1
- Submission Call · WritingThe Form IssueOpen · closes Dec 1$100Fee: $3
- Submission Call · Writingorganization hidden — members only General SubmissionsOpen · closes Dec 1$50Fee: $300
- Submission Call · WritingSubmit NONFICTIONOpen · closes Dec 1$30/page + copies & subscriptionFee: $3
- Submission Call · WritingPoetry Submission - US and International WritersOpen · closes Dec 1$60Fee: $3
- Submission Call · WritingPoetry Fall 2026Open · closes Dec 1$50Fee: $2
- Submission Call · WritingFiction: 10-Day Response with 500+ Words of EIC FeedbackOpen · closes Dec 1$100Fee: $45
- Submission Call · ArtsOpen Call for Emerging Artists: Summer Group Exhibition 2027Open · closes Dec 1
- Submission Call · WritingIssue 3: Literary SubmissionsOpen · closes Dec 1Fee: $3
- Submission Call · WritingFictionOpen · closes Dec 1Fee: $5
- Submission Call · WritingSubmit a TRANSLATION FOLIO in POETRYOpen · closes Dec 1$150 + copies & subscriptionFee: $3
- Submission Call · WritingFiction Fall 2026Open · closes Dec 1$50Fee: $2
- Submission Call · WritingSubmission Call for Fiction and Creative NonfictionOpen · closes Dec 1$100Fee: $3
- Submission Call · WritingGenre BenderOpen · closes Dec 1$100 CAD
- Submission Call · WritingPoetry submission - Issue XVIOpen · closes Dec 1$30/poemFee: $3
- Submission Call · WritingFlash (Fiction or Nonfiction)Open · closes Dec 1Fee: $3
- Submission Call · WritingCreative Non-FictionOpen · closes Dec 1$50Fee: $5
- Submission Call · WritingFiction Submission - US and International WritersOpen · closes Dec 1$125Fee: $3
- Submission Call · WritingCreative Nonfiction Fall 2026Open · closes Dec 1$50Fee: $2
- Submission Call · WritingPoetryOpen · closes Dec 1Fee: $4
- Submission Call · WritingPoetry in Translation submission - Issue XVIOpen · closes Dec 1$30/poemFee: $3
- Submission Call · WritingI Got Issues: The Heavy-Handed Mental Health IssueOpen · closes Dec 1Fee: $5
- Submission Call · WritingSubmit Poetry, Prose, and Essays — Winter Solstice 2026 ("Bulfinch's Mythology")Opens Nov 1 · closes Dec 1$5/piece
- Submission Call · WritingCreative Nonfiction Submission - Canadian WritersOpen · closes Dec 1$125
- Submission Call · WritingEssayOpen · closes Dec 1Fee: $4
- Submission Call · ArtsVisual Art submission - Issue XVIOpen · closes Dec 1$30
- Submission Call · Writingorganization hidden — members only Literary Magazine Q2 2027: Indigenous Voices and Cultural Myths for ResistanceOpen · closes Dec 1$50/piece
- Submission Call · WritingFlash Fiction - Expedited - 2026Open · closes Dec 7$25 honorariumFee: $4
- Submission Call · WritingPoetry [OR Vol. LIII]Open · closes Dec 10
- Submission Call · ArtsVisual Arts [OR Vol. LIII]Open · closes Dec 10
- Submission Call · WritingOpen Submissions (BIPOC Voices/Commercial Fiction/Creative Nonfiction/Cross-genre)Open · closes Dec 10$20
- Submission Call · WritingCreative Nonfiction [OR Vol. LIII]Open · closes Dec 10
- Submission Call · WritingShort Fiction [OR Vol. LIII]Open · closes Dec 10
- Submission Call · WritingThe Veena, Issue Four, Sacred SpacesOpen · closes Dec 11Fee: $5
- Submission Call · WritingDually NotedOpen · closes Dec 11
- Submission Call · WritingSubmit to organization hidden — members only 123: CONDITIONSOpen · closes Dec 13
- Submission Call · WritingCall for SubmissionsOpen · closes Dec 13£25–£50